Python Web Developer Intern Jobs in Madison, WI (NOW HIRING)

This role is responsible for designing, building, and operating cloud platform and DevOps capabilities across AWS and GCP. The engineer will enable reliable, secure, and scalable delivery by developing Kubernetes and Infrastructure-as-Code foundations, building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, and driving automation, observability, and operational best practices across engineering teams.

Position Compensation Range: $99,000.00 - $167,000.00

Pay Rate Type: Salary

Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

• Proven experience in designing, implementing, and managing an internal developer portal, preferably with Backstage.io.
• A strong desire to improve the developer experience by creating self-service tools and streamlining workflows.
• Expertise in developing custom Backstage plugins and customizing the platform using TypeScript, Node.js, and React to meet the unique needs of our developers.
• Experience configuring and managing the Backstage Software Catalog to provide a unified view of services, documentation, and tooling.
• Ability to create and maintain software templates using Backstage's Scaffolder to standardize project creation and enforce best practices.

• Extensive experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP) and familiarity with the other, including expertise in core services like VPC, IAM, S3, and managed Kubernetes (EKS, GKE).
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and hands‑on experience with tools such as Terraform to automate provisioning and management of cloud resources.
• Experience with Crossplane.io to manage cloud services and infrastructure through a unified, Kubernetes‑native API, creating and managing composite resources.
• Strong understanding of containerization technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes, and their ecosystems.

• Solid experience with CI/CD principles and proficiency in building and maintaining pipelines using GitLab CI/CD.
• Experience integrating various tools into CI/CD pipelines to automate builds, testing, and deployments.
• Proficiency in managing software artifacts and dependencies using JFrog Artifactory, creating and managing repositories and integrating Artifactory with our pipelines.
• Strong scripting and automation skill set using languages such as Python, Go, or Bash.

• Solid understanding of SRE principles, including Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets.
• Hands‑on experience with Datadog for full‑stack observability, including setting up monitors, dashboards, and APM for distributed tracing.
• A proactive approach to identifying and resolving platform issues before they impact developers.
• Experience troubleshooting complex, distributed systems and applying a methodical problem‑solving approach.

• Strong programming skills in Python, TypeScript, and JavaScript.
• Experience with web development fundamentals and API design (REST, GraphQL).
• Solid understanding of SDLC best practices, including version control with Git.

• Demonstrated knowledge of modern SDLC practices and operating models (Agile, product‑based teams, platform‑as‑a‑product).
• Demonstrated experience delivering and operating cloud platforms in both AWS and GCP, including core services for compute, storage, networking, IAM, and managed Kubernetes.
• Demonstrated experience designing, building, and operating Kubernetes platforms and tooling (cluster lifecycle, upgrades, workload onboarding patterns, ingress, service discovery, secrets/config management).
• Demonstrated experience with Infrastructure as Code and reusable module patterns across cloud providers (Terraform; CloudFormation as needed), including pipeline integration, versioning, and promotion strategies.
• Demonstrated experience with CI/CD tooling and practices (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket pipelines), including build/test/release automation, artifact management, and environment deployment strategies.
• Demonstrated experience with GitOps and deployment automation patterns (Argo CD/Flux where applicable) for Kubernetes and cloud workloads.
• Demonstrated experience with observability and operational practices (monitoring/alerting, centralized logging, tracing, dashboards, on‑call readiness, incident response, runbooks).
• Demonstrated experience applying SRE/operational metrics and reliability practices (SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, capacity/performance considerations).
• Demonstrated systems and network fundamentals for cloud environments (VPC/VNet design, DNS, routing, load balancing, proxies/firewalls, certificate/TLS basics).
• Demonstrated programming/scripting capability in languages such as Python, Go, Java, Shell/Bash; strong Linux fundamentals.
• Demonstrated experience integrating services and tools through APIs and secure communication patterns across applications, databases, and platforms.
• Demonstrated knowledge of DevSecOps practices (secrets management, vulnerability scanning, least privilege, supply‑chain controls such as signing/SBOM, automated policy enforcement).

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Up to 10%.

Work primarily involves sitting/standing.

Not applicable.

• All employees participate in New Employee Orientation during their first week, held in person at our Madison, WI headquarters or one of our AmFam core locations, with optional virtual sessions.
• Offer to selected candidates will be contingent on the results of applicable background checks.
• Offer to selected candidates is contingent on signing a non‑disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions.
• Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting.

In this flex office/home role, you will be expected to work a minimum of 10 days per month from one of the following office locations: Madison, WI 53783; Boston, MA 02110; Denver, CO. Candidates must reside within a 50‑mile radius of the office location (or 35‑mile radius for Boston).

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and wellbeing benefits, a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays, and paid time off (23 days accrued annually for full‑time employees). We also offer a student loan repayment program and paid‑family leave to support employees and families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding non‑discrimination, non‑harassment, and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

American Family Insurance is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email AskHR@AmFam.com to request a reasonable accommodation.